Prado recovery points

The majority of Pradopoint contributors are of the view that the original "tiedown" points are not recovery points. Rated points have to have a rating. A welded hoop cannot be rated. I wouldn't use them with or without an equaliser strap. Spend the money, be sure and put on Outback Ideas points, easy as... By the way, file off the edges and give them another coat of paint. The paint tends to fail at the edges.

regards
Martin

Gday kim
We took the little kids down to Tooradin a couple of weeks back to see the dairy farm. They now know that milk comes from a big black and white thing , not a plastic bottle. We had an ice cream in the main street,then off home. A nice day was had by all.
Murray

Which is a mighty fine point. The chassis we bolt these 'rated' recovery points to are not rated as far as I know. I um 'd and arr'd about my hilux's recovery points, ended up bolting some on, but still use an equalization strap to be safe.

Excellent point Baza ....

A shiny hook in a packet may have a rating value attached to it ...

But that rating is worthless if its not mounted in such a way to guarantee the rating.

Its a bit like orange cordial concentrate ... Once the water is added the cordial percentage is a lesser value of the whole.

( rated hook being the cordial - chassis / mounting bolts being the water .... for comparison )

A vehicle, the recovery equipment ... and the ground should be prepped for recovery so that the tow strain is minimal anyway .... as gazillion tonnage rated hooks are no more than false security IMHO.

Interesting point on another forum .... Is the big nylon strap some people use for snatching REALLY a snatch strap .... or did they buy/get sold ... a big non-elastic towstrap by mistake ??? ..... which might explain some of the torn off bullbars etc.

Gidday

Go back to my post, and Stephen's photo further down. You won't find a stronger attachment point on the market (at least to my knowlege).

Regards

Kim

yeh, have similar from allterrain4x4, massively strong, much stronger than the chassis I would think.

not sure how to tell what they are rated at, but to see if they are different to standard ones just get under a couple other 90 series. Thats what i did once in a shopping centre car park to check something on their bullbar. FWIW i had heard previously opposite to pradopoint opinion that the standard 90 series were rated for recovery. Was a few years back now so cant follow up on the source anymore. I recently had to chase toyota for some tech advice for a 90 series and was directed to the local dealership service centre. If they dont know an answer, they have a phone number they can ring to get the answer but you may have to push them to do it if you want them to double check their advice, cheers....


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